Description[]
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Ingredients[]
- crust:
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 3 tblsp Sugar
- 3 tblsp melted margarine
- filling:
- 4 (8oz.) bricks of cream cheese at room temp. (can substitute low fat)
- 1 cup Sugar
- 3 tblsp flour
- 1 tblsp vanilla
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 3 1/2 tsp ground culinary lavender
Directions[]
- additional sour cream may be tinted with purple food
coloring. Or try fresh raspberries.
- Decorate with fresh lavender sprigs
- All ingredients should be at room temp. Heat oven to 325 degrees.
Place a cookie sheet on lower shelf and fill with water. Prepare crust by
mixing all ingredients together and patting into a 9 inch spring form
pan. For filling: beat cream cheese, Sugar, flour, and vanilla at medium
speed until blended. Add eggs one at a time until mixed. Blend in sour
cream and lavender and vanilla. Pour into crust. Put into oven on shelf
above water filled cookie sheet and bake for 1 hour 10 minutes. Shut off
oven and open door. Let cool to room temp. This will help eliminate
cracks. Refridge overnight and add topping before serving. ENJOY!